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Hope of peace in Colombia is growing. Talks between the Juan Manuel Santos government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia have entered the final phase. Provisional agreements have been reached on a number of important issues and negotiations are scheduled to conclude this year. What are the prospects of the peace talks ending decades of conflict and leading to progressive change? This panel will explore this question from a local and global perspective. Speakers will discuss the social and political situation in Colombia and episodes of conflict and peace elsewhere in the Global South. The panel will attempt to tease out the lessons that can be learned from other cases and offer a novel analysis of the prospects for peace in Colombia.

This event is organized in collaboration with Radical Americas Network